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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for a media terminal adapter (MTA) that contains a routing table for routing incoming telephone calls based on caller identification information. The MTA is coupled to a router/hub, where all digital telephones are then connected to the router/hub. Any analog telephones are connected to the MTA. The routing table defines incoming calls using their caller identification information and associates each defined call with a corresponding telephone(s). In this manner, an incoming call that is intended for one predominant telephone user is routed to the desired telephone using the telephone's IP address or a physical connection interface.
Description
INVENTORS: Bryan W. Scholes James M. Bums, Jr.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates in general to telephony systems over broadband, more specifically broadband over coaxial cable, and more particularly, to the field of enabling a media terminal adapter to route received telephone calls based on caller identification information.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
Broadband communications systems, such as satellite and cable television systems, are now capable of providing many services in addition to broadcast audio/video signals over their existing systems. Some advanced services in a broadband communications system along with providing conventional cable television signals are telephony services, such as high-speed data and telephone. To support these services, cable modems with embedded or standalone media terminal adapters (MTAs) are used in the subscriber's premises and have typically been coupled to coaxial cable in a communications network. U.S. Patent No. 6,161,011 to Loveless, the disclosure and teachings of which are incorporated herein by reference, shows an example of a hybrid fiber/coaxial (HFC) communications network that could be used to implement the present invention.
Conventionally, telephony calls that are transmitted to a subscriber's house having telephony service are delivered to all telephones connected to the line.
Therefore, all telephones ring indicating an incoming call. Understandably, however, an incoming telephone call is typically directed to just one member of the house. For example, a child may be receiving telephone calls from their friends, and a father may be expecting calls from work. With caller identification on a telephone, a member of the house may determine who is calling and then direct the intended member of the house to answer the telephone; otherwise, there is no way to know which member of the house should answer the incoming telephone call. Thus, there exists a need for a routing method and system to determine the incoming caller information and then routing the incoming call to an appropriate telephone based on the intended receiver.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention can be better understood with reference to the following drawings.
The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the invention. In the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communications system that is suitable for transmitting voice and data signals over both an HFC communications network and a public switched telecommunications network (PSTN).
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the subscriber having an MTA with a connected analog telephone, digital telephone, and a computer with an included soft telephone.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a subscriber's house having an MTA coupled to a router/hub for routing incoming telephone calls based on caller identification information to an intended receiver in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an example graphical user interface (GUI) that is suitable for use in the present invention of FIG. 3 where one can add, delete, or modify an incoming telephone call routing table.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates in general to telephony systems over broadband, more specifically broadband over coaxial cable, and more particularly, to the field of enabling a media terminal adapter to route received telephone calls based on caller identification information.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
Broadband communications systems, such as satellite and cable television systems, are now capable of providing many services in addition to broadcast audio/video signals over their existing systems. Some advanced services in a broadband communications system along with providing conventional cable television signals are telephony services, such as high-speed data and telephone. To support these services, cable modems with embedded or standalone media terminal adapters (MTAs) are used in the subscriber's premises and have typically been coupled to coaxial cable in a communications network. U.S. Patent No. 6,161,011 to Loveless, the disclosure and teachings of which are incorporated herein by reference, shows an example of a hybrid fiber/coaxial (HFC) communications network that could be used to implement the present invention.
Conventionally, telephony calls that are transmitted to a subscriber's house having telephony service are delivered to all telephones connected to the line.
Therefore, all telephones ring indicating an incoming call. Understandably, however, an incoming telephone call is typically directed to just one member of the house. For example, a child may be receiving telephone calls from their friends, and a father may be expecting calls from work. With caller identification on a telephone, a member of the house may determine who is calling and then direct the intended member of the house to answer the telephone; otherwise, there is no way to know which member of the house should answer the incoming telephone call. Thus, there exists a need for a routing method and system to determine the incoming caller information and then routing the incoming call to an appropriate telephone based on the intended receiver.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention can be better understood with reference to the following drawings.
The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the invention. In the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communications system that is suitable for transmitting voice and data signals over both an HFC communications network and a public switched telecommunications network (PSTN).
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the subscriber having an MTA with a connected analog telephone, digital telephone, and a computer with an included soft telephone.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a subscriber's house having an MTA coupled to a router/hub for routing incoming telephone calls based on caller identification information to an intended receiver in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an example graphical user interface (GUI) that is suitable for use in the present invention of FIG. 3 where one can add, delete, or modify an incoming telephone call routing table.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Preferred embodiments of the invention can be understood in the context of a broadband communications system. Note, however, that the invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. All examples given herein, therefore, are intended to be non-limiting and are provided in order to help clarify the description of the invention.
'The present invention is directed towards routing incoming telephone calls within a local network, such as a residence, to an intended receiving telephone(s).
More specifically, a routing table is configured to include caller identification information on all incoming telephone calls and their corresponding receiving telephone addresses located in the local network. In this manner, once the routing table is configured, all defined incoming calls are routed to just the desired telephone(s). For example, the routing table is configured with a home office telephone having an Internet Protocol (IP) address that is the only telephone in the residence that is programmed to receive incoming work-related telephone calls. A media terminal adapter (MTA) receives the incoming defined telephone calls and routes the calls to a router or hub. The actual routing table preferably resides in the MTA and the hub/router provides multi-device access and possibly Network Address Translation (NAT). Depending upon the definitions in the routing table, the MTA then routes the work-related telephone calls to the desired home office telephone. The present invention will now be described in more detail hereinbelow.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communications system 100 that is suitable for transmitting voice and data signals over both an HFC communications network 105 and a public switched telecommunications network (PSTN) 110. A multiple service operator (MSO) receives telephone calls from the PSTN 110 and then routes them through the HFC communications network 105 using a cable modem termination system (CMTS) 115. In this manner, a call originating from a subscriber 120 that is located off the PSTN
110 can terminate at a subscriber 125 that is located off the HFC
communications network 105.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the subscriber 125 having an MTA 205 with a connected analog telephone 210, digital telephone 215, and a computer 220 with an included soft telephone. Radio frequency (RF) cable typically connects the MTA
205 to the HFC communications network 105. The MTA 205 then receives incoming telephone calls and routes the calls to the telephones via output ports 225. Each telephone 210, 215, 220 then receives the signal to ring signaling an incoming call, and, the user is then capable of answering the call from any of the telephones 210, 215, 220.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a subscriber 300 having an MTA 302 coupled to a router or hub 305 for routing incoming telephone calls based on caller identification information to an intended telephone in accordance with the present invention.
Each incoming telephone call has attached caller identification information, such as an originating caller name and telephone number. Accordingly, the incoming telephone call is provided to the router 305 via the MTA 302 and instructions for delivery to the desired telephone based on definitions configured in the routing table. The desired telephone may be an analog telephone 310, which may be physically located downstairs, that is connected to an interface on the MTA 302. If there is more than one analog telephone, each one is physically connected to the MTA 302 at a different interface Line (e.g., Line 1, Line 2, etc.). Additional desired telephones that are connected to the router 305 and accessed via their Internet address may be a digital Internet protocol (IP) telephone 315, which may be physically located in a guest room; an IP telephone 320, which may be physically located in a daughter's room; and a home office computer 325 with a soft telephone, which may be physically located in a downstairs office.
Additionally, a wireless IP telephone 330 may also be utilized to receive only intended incoming telephone calls based on the routing table. As mentioned in the previous example, when an incoming work-related telephone call is received, the MTA 302 routes the work-related telephone call using its related caller identification information and the routing table definitions to just the home office computer 325. It will be appreciated that the signaling protocol used between the MTA 302 and the IP telephones 315, 320, 325, 330 may be Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), GR303 in a real time processing (RTP) stream, or some other simplified protocol.
FIG. 4 is an example graphical user interface (GUI) 400 that is suitable for use in the present invention of FIG. 3 where one can add, delete, or modify an incoming telephone call routing table. The GUI 400, which may be downloaded software or a web page, may reside on the MTA's internal web interface, the home office computer 325, or other computer within the subscriber's premise, or alternatively at a server located at the MSO. The GUI 400 includes the configurable routing table that specifies which coupled telephones receive certain incoming telephone calls based on each call's caller identification information. First, a user would enter a caller identification name in the CID name column 405. Next, an optional routing destination name, such as identifying names like downstairs; upstairs; home office, etc., is entered into a route destination column 410. Finally, the routing destination address is entered in a telephone IP address column 415. The routing destination address is the telephone's IP address; for example, the telephone that is physically located in the upstairs guest room has an IP
address of 192.168.100.15, or it may be the physical MTA interface port, for example, the analog telephone 310 connected to Line 1. Returning to the above-mentioned example, an incoming call from Frank Stein 420 is intended for just the home office telephone, which has a telehone IP address 425of 192.168.100.16.
Unassigned telephone calls may be routed to all telephones in a known manner or, alternatively, may be routed to one specified telephone, such as the home office telephone 325. Additionally, the routing table GUI 400 may store all the incoming caller identification information for future use. In this manner, a user may periodically display the list of all unassigned incoming calls and assign them to a desired telephone.
Additionally, unknown caller identification information associated with incoming telephone calls, such as calls from solicitors, may be dropped altogether and not routed to any of the telephones 310, 315, 320, 325, 330.
Accordingly, systems and methods have been provided that enables an MTA and router to utilize the caller identification information and route incoming calls to a desired telephone. It will be appreciated that further embodiments are envisioned that implement the invention, for example, using all software or adding modes for additional features and services.
What is claimed is:
Preferred embodiments of the invention can be understood in the context of a broadband communications system. Note, however, that the invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. All examples given herein, therefore, are intended to be non-limiting and are provided in order to help clarify the description of the invention.
'The present invention is directed towards routing incoming telephone calls within a local network, such as a residence, to an intended receiving telephone(s).
More specifically, a routing table is configured to include caller identification information on all incoming telephone calls and their corresponding receiving telephone addresses located in the local network. In this manner, once the routing table is configured, all defined incoming calls are routed to just the desired telephone(s). For example, the routing table is configured with a home office telephone having an Internet Protocol (IP) address that is the only telephone in the residence that is programmed to receive incoming work-related telephone calls. A media terminal adapter (MTA) receives the incoming defined telephone calls and routes the calls to a router or hub. The actual routing table preferably resides in the MTA and the hub/router provides multi-device access and possibly Network Address Translation (NAT). Depending upon the definitions in the routing table, the MTA then routes the work-related telephone calls to the desired home office telephone. The present invention will now be described in more detail hereinbelow.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communications system 100 that is suitable for transmitting voice and data signals over both an HFC communications network 105 and a public switched telecommunications network (PSTN) 110. A multiple service operator (MSO) receives telephone calls from the PSTN 110 and then routes them through the HFC communications network 105 using a cable modem termination system (CMTS) 115. In this manner, a call originating from a subscriber 120 that is located off the PSTN
110 can terminate at a subscriber 125 that is located off the HFC
communications network 105.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the subscriber 125 having an MTA 205 with a connected analog telephone 210, digital telephone 215, and a computer 220 with an included soft telephone. Radio frequency (RF) cable typically connects the MTA
205 to the HFC communications network 105. The MTA 205 then receives incoming telephone calls and routes the calls to the telephones via output ports 225. Each telephone 210, 215, 220 then receives the signal to ring signaling an incoming call, and, the user is then capable of answering the call from any of the telephones 210, 215, 220.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a subscriber 300 having an MTA 302 coupled to a router or hub 305 for routing incoming telephone calls based on caller identification information to an intended telephone in accordance with the present invention.
Each incoming telephone call has attached caller identification information, such as an originating caller name and telephone number. Accordingly, the incoming telephone call is provided to the router 305 via the MTA 302 and instructions for delivery to the desired telephone based on definitions configured in the routing table. The desired telephone may be an analog telephone 310, which may be physically located downstairs, that is connected to an interface on the MTA 302. If there is more than one analog telephone, each one is physically connected to the MTA 302 at a different interface Line (e.g., Line 1, Line 2, etc.). Additional desired telephones that are connected to the router 305 and accessed via their Internet address may be a digital Internet protocol (IP) telephone 315, which may be physically located in a guest room; an IP telephone 320, which may be physically located in a daughter's room; and a home office computer 325 with a soft telephone, which may be physically located in a downstairs office.
Additionally, a wireless IP telephone 330 may also be utilized to receive only intended incoming telephone calls based on the routing table. As mentioned in the previous example, when an incoming work-related telephone call is received, the MTA 302 routes the work-related telephone call using its related caller identification information and the routing table definitions to just the home office computer 325. It will be appreciated that the signaling protocol used between the MTA 302 and the IP telephones 315, 320, 325, 330 may be Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), GR303 in a real time processing (RTP) stream, or some other simplified protocol.
FIG. 4 is an example graphical user interface (GUI) 400 that is suitable for use in the present invention of FIG. 3 where one can add, delete, or modify an incoming telephone call routing table. The GUI 400, which may be downloaded software or a web page, may reside on the MTA's internal web interface, the home office computer 325, or other computer within the subscriber's premise, or alternatively at a server located at the MSO. The GUI 400 includes the configurable routing table that specifies which coupled telephones receive certain incoming telephone calls based on each call's caller identification information. First, a user would enter a caller identification name in the CID name column 405. Next, an optional routing destination name, such as identifying names like downstairs; upstairs; home office, etc., is entered into a route destination column 410. Finally, the routing destination address is entered in a telephone IP address column 415. The routing destination address is the telephone's IP address; for example, the telephone that is physically located in the upstairs guest room has an IP
address of 192.168.100.15, or it may be the physical MTA interface port, for example, the analog telephone 310 connected to Line 1. Returning to the above-mentioned example, an incoming call from Frank Stein 420 is intended for just the home office telephone, which has a telehone IP address 425of 192.168.100.16.
Unassigned telephone calls may be routed to all telephones in a known manner or, alternatively, may be routed to one specified telephone, such as the home office telephone 325. Additionally, the routing table GUI 400 may store all the incoming caller identification information for future use. In this manner, a user may periodically display the list of all unassigned incoming calls and assign them to a desired telephone.
Additionally, unknown caller identification information associated with incoming telephone calls, such as calls from solicitors, may be dropped altogether and not routed to any of the telephones 310, 315, 320, 325, 330.
Accordingly, systems and methods have been provided that enables an MTA and router to utilize the caller identification information and route incoming calls to a desired telephone. It will be appreciated that further embodiments are envisioned that implement the invention, for example, using all software or adding modes for additional features and services.
What is claimed is:
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1. A method for routing incoming telephone calls within a local network, each incoming telephone call having caller identification information, the method comprising the steps of:
configuring a routing table that associates caller identification information to at least one telephone, wherein the at least one telephone is within the local network, and wherein each of the at least one telephone has one telephone number; and when an incoming telephone call is received, routing the assigned incoming telephone call to one or more of the at least one telephone in accordance with the routing table.
configuring a routing table that associates caller identification information to at least one telephone, wherein the at least one telephone is within the local network, and wherein each of the at least one telephone has one telephone number; and when an incoming telephone call is received, routing the assigned incoming telephone call to one or more of the at least one telephone in accordance with the routing table.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of defining the at least one telephone in the routing table by one of its Internet Protocol address or physical connection interface.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of routing an unassigned incoming telephone call to all of the at least one telephone within the local network.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of routing an unassigned incoming telephone call to one or more of the at least one telephone within the local network.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
routing an unassigned incoming telephone call to one or more of the at least one telephones;
storing the unassigned incoming telephone call in the routing table; and assigning the unassigned incoming telephone call stored in the routing table to one or more of the at least one telephone.
routing an unassigned incoming telephone call to one or more of the at least one telephones;
storing the unassigned incoming telephone call in the routing table; and assigning the unassigned incoming telephone call stored in the routing table to one or more of the at least one telephone.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of routing the incoming telephone call to any analog telephones within the local network via a physical connection interface.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of dropping any incoming telephone call not having attached caller identification information.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of wirelessly transmitting the incoming telephone call to a wireless telephone in accordance with the routing table.
9. A system for receiving and routing incoming telephone calls, the system comprising:
a routing table for assigning caller identification information to at least one telephone located within a local network; and a router for routing an incoming telephone call to one or more of the at least one telephone in accordance with the routing table.
a routing table for assigning caller identification information to at least one telephone located within a local network; and a router for routing an incoming telephone call to one or more of the at least one telephone in accordance with the routing table.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the router routes the incoming assigned telephone call to the at least one telephone by an Internet Protocol address of each of the at least one telephone.
11. The system of claim 9, wherein the router routes an incoming unassigned telephone call to one or more of the at least one telephones.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the incoming unassigned telephone call is stored in the routing table, and wherein the stored unassigned telephone call is subsequently assigned to one or more of the at least one telephone.
13. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one telephone may be an analog telephone, a digital telephone, a computer softphone, or a wireless cellphone.
14. The system of claim 9, wherein the router drops an incoming telephone call when the incoming telephone call does not include attached caller identification information.
15. The system of claim 9, further comprising a media terminal adapter for receiving the incoming telephone calls via coaxial cable from a communications network, and for routing the incoming telephone calls to at least one of an analog connection interface and the router.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein an analog telephone is coupled to the MTA
via the analog connection interface.
via the analog connection interface.
17. The system of claim 9, wherein the routing table resides in an MTA.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the routing table may be updated via an MTA
web interface, a coupled computer, or a remote server.
web interface, a coupled computer, or a remote server.
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